Number Ones
JANET JACKSON'S GREATEST HITS CELEBRATED ON NUMBER ONES FEATURING 33 GLOBAL NUMBER ONES AND THE NEW HIT SINGLE "MAKE ME" Janet Jackson has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and is one of the best-selling artists in contemporary music. For the first time ever, 33 of Janet's global #1 hits, plus the newly recorded single, "Make Me," will be available on one album--NUMBER ONES. Made possible by a partnership between Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) and EMI Music, the two-disc set, to be released November 17, 2009, in the USA (November 23, worldwide titled JANET JACKSON: THE BEST), celebrates the career and artistry of one of the most successful and influential artists in music history.
Among the album's many highlights is new single "Make Me," which was produced by Janet and Rodney Jerkins. Along with "Make Me," NUMBER ONES spans more than 20 years of chart-toppers, every #1 track spun off from Janet's original albums, from her 1986 blockbuster breakthrough CONTROL to her most recent, 2008's DISCIPLINE. CONTROL sold more than 14 million copies worldwide, with five #1 singles. The best-selling album of 1990, RHYTHM NATION 1814 sold more than 14 million copies worldwide, making Janet the first and only artist in history to produce seven top 5 hits from one album. JANET. sold 20 million albums worldwide, with six hit singles and a nomination for an Academy Award® for Best Original Song, "Again." THE VELVET ROPE has sold more than 10 million worldwide, with six hit singles. ALL FOR YOU was Janet's fifth consecutive album to debut at #1, with more than seven million in worldwide sales. For Janet's seventh consecutive platinum album, DAMITA JO, Janet took its title from her middle name.
Janet's eighth consecutive platinum album, 20 Y.O., acknowledged her love affair with her fans. Janet encouraged her fans around the world to design the 20 Y.O. cover artwork and she chose her favorites for the U.S. pressings. DISCIPLINE was Janet's 6th number one album and 10th studio album.
NUMBER ONES is the first greatest hits compilation from Janet in this century. Janet's last hits collection was released in 1995.
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User Reviews....Excellent, excellent CD..How can one go wrong with Janet's #1s..Great pole dancing music..take my word -- It's all Janet & nothing less
I love these tunes some of which were not on her regular CD releases like "Diamonds". This gives the listener an opportunity to hear songs you don't always get to hear on a regular basis. Some of the songs were a bit different from the ones from her original releases but its all good. I kind of liked that at times but in some cases the song was cut off a bit like the song "The Best Things in Life" with Luther. I got to hear some of her newer songs too. I have not been following her tunes very closely like I did in the 80's and that was good to know what her recent hits were. All in all the CD is very entertaining although I liked to hear more of her slow tunes but I guess they were not number ones. I love the CD. -- Love it!
From the moment I saw Janet Jackson singing "Nasty" on VH1 this summer I knew she was someone I wanted to listen to. This is one of the CDs I got for Christmas and probally the best.
The thing that makes this great is that it includes every big hit. Something that kept Madonna's Celebration down was that it exlcuded big hits for ones that almost didn't make the Hot 100. I also love how all the songs are in order from when they were released. This way we can see how Janet grew from innocent Control to her masterpiece The Velvet Rope.
What really surprised me about Number Ones is that the new song Make Me feels like a real hit not slapped on. It is a shame radio stations aren't giving it very much airplay but it did make #1 on the dance charts.
I really like the cover art. It is cool to see pictures of her from all her eras. My only complaint is there could have been some writing about how she changed the music world.
In conclusion, this is one of my favorite Greatest Hits. I'd say it is up there with Madonna's Immaculate Collection. Highly reccomended.
5/5 Stars -- The Best Greatest Hits Of The Year
I always loved JJ and i had my cd stolen of her oldies. I am glad to have this one and the new song is great "Make Me" I play it over and over. Its a great work out song. -- Janet Rocks the House!
Spanning two full-length discs, Janet: Number Ones (2009) nicely updates Janet Jackson's (that's 'Miss Jackson if you're nasty!') first retrospective Design of a Decade (1996) with a comprehensive review of Jackson's most successful single releases. (The title refers to Jackson's achievements across different charts.) With longtime producers Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam providing the sonic architecture for most of Jackson's career, the music has been consistently big on beats and unmistakable hooks.
Nice surprises on this compilation include the sassy "Diamonds," Jackson's superb, but often overlooked, collaboration with jazz trumpeter Herb Albert, and a generous selection of single/video-only mixes ("All for You," "Alright," "Black Cat," "Let's Wait a While" ). A new song--the club-ready "Make Me"--closes out the set.
Sequenced chronologically, the newly remastered singles catalog shows how Jackson's message has evolved through the years. From the youthful rebellion of Control (1986) and Rhythm Nation (1989) to the coming-of-age sensuality of Janet (1993) and The Velvet Rope (1997), the music has grown and matured--usually in provocative fashion, like the artist herself.
For the most part, the results have been highly satisfying, though some of Jackson's latter, more experimental work can be a little overwhelming. Tracks from the sexually-raw Damita Jo (2004) and production-heavy Discipline (2008) can reveal too much of a good thing. But these are creative risks to be expected from an artist who set the ground rules years ago when she affirmatively declared to the world "I'm in control, and I'm never going to stop." -- Nice update of Design of a Design
